A photograph of a chimney amid the ruins of Lesli Bills’s home in Pennington Bend after flooding caused an explosion during the May 2010 flood in Nashville.Lesli Bills and her friend Billy Heldenberg were rescued by a man on a jetski shortly...
(Lot taken and occupied before 1843); 18; 11; 18.0x30.0; 226; I; 09/09/1843; 201; II; Anderson, Andrew 1795-1867; Anderson, Eliza 1807-1849; Anderson, Felix B. 1840-1841 (infant); Anderson, Jas. M. 1842-43 (infant); Anderson, Mary Pamela 1846...
(Lot taken and occupied before 1843); 18; 11; 18.0x30.0; 226; I; 09/09/1843; 201; II; Anderson, Andrew 1795-1867; Anderson, Eliza 1807-1849; Anderson, Felix B. 1840-1841 (infant); Anderson, Jas. M. 1842-43 (infant); Anderson, Mary Pamela 1846...
A captioned photo from the Nashville Times (1940), about “three pickets kept vigil before the Andrew Jackson hotel today after 185 employees walked out on strike.” The Andrew Jackson hotel opened in August of 1924 on the east side of Memorial...
A postcard of President Andrew Jackson's Tomb. The verso reads: "President Andrew Jackson's Tomb at the Hermitage, situated 12 miles from Nashville, has been called the Mt. Vernon of the South. Through the Ladies' Hermitage Association the handsome...
The Blair Apartments, located in downtown Nashville at Demonbreun Street and Seventh Avenue S, before and after the razing circa 1976. Forms part of Record Group 3, Metro Davidson County Photographer. 4 photograph negatives : b & w ; 4 x 5 in.
A photograph of the BMG Entertainment building located at 1400 Eighteenth Avenue South, Nashville, Tennessee. The historic castle-like structure was built in 1916 by the Little Sisters of the Poor, a Catholic order that cared for thousands of...
Photograph of soldiers in uniform, most with their backs towards the camera, gathered around a kneeling camel. One soldier appears to be mounting or dismounting the camel, assisted by a man in a turban. Morris Levine is at far right. Morris Levine...
A photograph of Mrs. Miller G. Kimbrough, chairman for the Fannie Battle Day Home Christmas Eve carol choirs, seen with her son, Miller, Jr., who is having "visions of sugar plums" as his mother reads "The Night Before Christmas." This photograph...
A captioned photo from the Nashville Times (1940), about “Here’s what downtown Nashvillians saw marching down Church Street just before noon today--Manager Gilbert and his victorious Vols returning from a three-game triumph over the Atlanta...
A photograph of contractors working to rebuild Lesli Bills’s Pennington Bend home after flooding caused a gas explosion during the May 2010 flood. Lesli Bills and her friend Billy Heldenberg were rescued by a man on a jetski shortly before...
A photograph of crowd of onlookers who thronged Church Street watching the arrival of movie stars and local VIPS at the gala opening of the Tennessee Theatre February 28, 1952 in downtown Nashville, Tennessee. Outside activities included broadcasts...
A photograph of debris in the River Plantation neighborhood of Bellevue after the May 2010 flood. The photo was taken before a Harpeth River Watershed Association cleanup, which took place December 18, 2010.
Photo courtesy of Harpeth River...
Charles M. Morris appeared before the Circuit Court Clerk to declare his intention to become a citizen of the Confederate States of America and to renounce forever all allegiance to Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States of America.
A photograph of a horse being loaded into a van for a trip to the Kentucky Derby. This caption accompanied the photo in the Nashville Banner Newspaper on April 8, 1936: "Marcellus Frost's Pop Hour is shown just before being shipped to Louisville to...
Excerpt from Scott Atkinson, Lesli Bills, and Billy Heldenberg Oral History Interview, conducted on 27 April 2011 by Bradley Aders as part of the Flood 2010 Digital History Project. Lesli Bills and Billy Heldenberg were rescued from Lesli’s...
A posed photograph of five young girls and one boy looking into a window from the outside at night. This image was used as a promotion for the upcoming Fannie Battle Day Home annual caroling event to raise money for the home. This photograph...
A photograph of the First Baptist Church located in downtown Nashville at the northeast corner of 7th Avenue and Broadway. The First Baptist Church was originally organized in the year 1820. Members met for services in the Davidson County...
A photograph of the historic Glen Leven home, located in Nashville, Tennessee at 4000 Franklin Road, as it appeared circa 1973. This ancestral home of the Thompson family was built in 1857 by John Thompson, son of Thomas Thompson, the pioneer...
A captioned photo from the Nashville Times (1940), about graduates in the beauty culture school in Columbia, Tennessee. The caption reads: “Columbia, Tenn., March 1 (Spl.) Students of the NYA girls school here, which reopened at the historic...